although the michigan legislature enacted a law against assisted suicide mainly to stop kevorkian, and he was prosecuted four times under it, juries refused to convict him

the american medical association opposes physician-assisted dying altogether, stating in its code of ethics that is "is fundamentally incompatible with the physician's role as a healer." but the american medical association now represents no more than 30 percent of physicians, and other medical organizations, such as the american medical students association, the american public health association, and the american medical women's association, supported assisted dying

medical care will no longer be controlled by physicians. neither will medical information be based on the results of studies of large populations, which..give less precise information than do studies of individual patients. instead, patients will largely manage their own care, based on their access to detailed and digitized information in the world's medical literature and to information about their own bodily functions and individual genetic makeup

if major parts of topol's vision are eventually realized, as unlikely as that may seem to skeptical physicians like me, it will only be in the distant future. for now, i remain unpersuaded that the "creative destruction" of medicine is imminent

had the foundation of my career riding on this election. the american left wasn't the only winner last tuesday. after correctly predicting 49 states in 2008 and every state this time, nate silver has proven the essential role of
mathematics (and specifically survey methodology) in modern society. when you're ready to learn that new language, make it statistics. applied math makes me feel like this every day.

joined the crowds..

at 1600 pennsylvania

..and just about everywhere else.

have more good news: obama won less than 40% of the white vote and more than 80% of the minority vote. in 2004, whites were 77% of all voters, now down to 72%. maybe that's why republicans don't like math. when
the minority reaches the majority and current republican proposals are a museum
exhibit, we will raise my taxes. welcome to liberal america.
lincoln and both roosevelts are smiling down. this campaign may have ignored the poor, obamacare will not. also: maryland:
wrong to be given the chance to vote on each others' civil
rights, wonderful that we upheld them anyway.

the
most diverse nation on earth. the belief that our destiny is shared.
that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one
another..the freedom which so many americans have fought for and died
for comes with responsibilities as well as rights. and among those are
love and duty and charity and patriotism. that's what makes america
great.

hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions

declare: health reform is already the law. over the next four years, instead of shoving the entire united states government up a hill, constantly barking as their watchdog when they fail to implement new rules that help the lower and middle classes, we will be working with a cooperative administration. this law will last the better part of our lifetime, make it work.

can't think of someone more deserving of the guillotine. it was him or us, people.

while we're at it: raise taxes, demand transparency.

headed home.

prepped for a dracustorm, wonder if it's also effective on frankenstorm sandy. memo to noah: throw the mating pair of rats overboard this time.

read about nurse practitioners, gotta write a synthesis paper that examines pcp shortages, the medicaid expansion, and a review of current state law.

physician reimbursement places a zero value on talking to the patients. but nurse practitioners are salaried, giving them the luxury of time.a review of 118 published studies over 18 years comparing health outcomes and patient satisfaction at doctor-led and nurse practitioner-led clinics found the two groups to be equivalent on most outcomes. the nurses did better at controlling blood glucose and lipid levels, and on many aspects of birthing. there were no measures on which the nurses did worse.they may be old-fashioned, but that doesn't mean they should be financed with bake sales.